PPG Industries, Inc. (NYSE:PPG) currently has a daily average trading volume of 1.51M but it saw 2104944 shares traded in last market. With a market cap of 30.65B USD, the company’s current market price of $131.36 came rising about 0.77 while comparing to the previous closing price of $130.36. In past 52 weeks, the stock remained buoying in the range of price level as high as $151.16 and as low as $118.07. In the recent trading on the day, stock has struck highest price mark of $128.75 while lowest mark touched by it was $132.16.
Taking a look at 20-day trading activity of PPG Industries, Inc. (PPG) gives us an average price of $129.42, while its current price level is -13.10% below from 52-week high level whereas it is 11.26% above from lowest level seen by the stock during that period. Simple moving average of 50 days or SMA-50 of the stock’s closing price is $126.76 while that of 200 days or SMA-200 reads an average of $133.12. A closer look into the stock’s movement over the week reveals that its volatility is standing at 1.63% during that period while stretching the period over a month that increases to 1.77%. It is also necessary to take a look into other indicators of a stock too, to get a better idea about its price movement. And in doing so, we find stock’s 14-day relative strength index (RSI) standing at 60.22 which implies that the stock is in neutral territory.
Evercore ISI downgraded its recommendation for the stock as a “In-line” from “Outperform” on April 22, 2024 while assigning a price target of $152. Wells Fargo also issued its recommendations for the stock as it upgraded the price target for the stock in the range of between $150 and $163.
Over the week, PPG’s stock price is moving 3.15% up while it is 3.06% when we observe its performance for the past one month. Year-to-date it is -12.16% down and over the past year, the stock is showing a downside performance of -0.07%.
The latest quarterly earnings report issued by the company reported quarterly earnings per share (EPS) of 1.53 beat the consensus estimate of 1.5 for the same. The company is expected to be releasing its next quarterly report in November, for which analysts forecasted an EPS of 1.67 while estimate for next year EPS is 8.19. In next quarter, company is expected to be making quarterly sales of $4.35B as analysts are expecting the sales for current fiscal year at $18.03B and seeing the company making $18.03B in sales next year. Moreover, analysts are in estimates of $4.29B for current-quarter revenue.
Currently, PPG Industries, Inc.’s total number of outstanding shares is 235.21M. Company’s return on investment (ROI) stands at 10.51% and return on equity (ROE) at 18.78%. It has a price to earnings ratio (P/E ratio) of 20.82 while having a 14.66 of forward P/E ratio. Stock’s beta reads 1.25. Stock has a price to book (P/B) ratio of 3.95 while price to sale or P/S ratio amounts to 1.70. Its return on asset (ROA) is 6.57% on average.
